Why they aren't playing to at least a few hundred people per night is a complete mystery, but they clearly enjoy their peripatetic lifestyle... enjoying the enthusiasm of those people that made an effort on a Tuesday night. It was one of the best things I have seen in a long time; the joy, the intensity, the love for the songs and respect for the audience all added up to an unforgettable evening and long may they continue.
Crime and the City Solution
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Their music often feels like a dark comfort blanket that you could pull around yourself, relax into — and tonight it’s hitting the spot. A brooding brew of blurring intention and fleeting impression that grasps at and enhances the storyteller’s weave of tangible disappointments with the human animal and the redeeming embrace of love.
After two decades away, Crime & The City Solution, the band beloved of Wim Wenders (see them play in his angelic Berlin masterpiece Wings of Desire) are back with a new album. with David Eugene Edwards of Wovenhand on board, American Twilight marks a new development in rousing Americana for the band. Listen to the full album stream here: